…er, in front of an early stage of FFA, dermoscopy appears to be helpful to establish differential diagnosis between traction alopecia, alopecia areata and cicatricial marginal alopecia. In fact, our patient had a cicatricial alopecia with the…

…s in telogen enter anagen once again, and those follicles, a few weeks later, produce hairs that eventually reverse signs of alopecia, the pelage being restored to normal. Differential diagnosis histopathologic Androgenetic alopecia, at an early…

…ge of lichen planopilaris, but, in actuality, pseudopelade (which, when introduced, was meant to convey the notion of pseudo-alopecia areata) can be the end stage of a variety of alopecias, among them that of discoid lupus erythematosus. Error:…

….e., catagen) that terminates, as usual, in the resting stage of the cycle (i.e., telogen) and that may result in observable alopecia. The reason for discernible alopecia is that so many follicles, many more than usual, have gone into telogen, with…

…cally, and the loss of hair reflects the type of traction that has been applied. For example, pony tails are associated with alopecia along the entire frontal hairline, whereas alopecia as a consequence of “straightening” hair is…

…venules and in considerable number in infundibula that contain plentiful mucin + 11.14.35C + 11.14.35D = Mycosis fungoides, alopecia mucinosa expression In times past, including in previous editions of this work, alopecia mucinosa was considered to…

…e on the integument. When the process involves the entire scalp, rather than discrete patches of it, the condition is termed alopecia totalis, and when the malady affects the entire hair-bearing skin, it is called alopecia universalis. The more…

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